Kalima Rose

Senior Director

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Expertise

• Post-Katrina Rebuilding
• Affordable Housing Policy and Financing
• Gentrification and Inclusionary Housing

Experience

Within weeks of hurricane Katrina’s landfall, Ms. Rose was on the ground in New Orleans helping to rebuild a more equitable Gulf Coast through broad-based advocacy and community engagement. A part-time resident of New Orleans, she works primarily out of the PolicyLink headquarters in Oakland leading local, state, regional, and national campaigns to expand affordable housing opportunities. She helped pass local housing initiatives in New York, Washington, DC, and New Orleans, and statewide initiatives in California and Louisiana.

Education

University of California–Berkeley, B.A., narratives and culture

Selected Articles, Publications, and Media Appearances

Delivering Equitable Development to a Recovering Louisiana: A State Policy Guide for 2008 and Beyond, PolicyLink, 2008.

Bringing Louisiana Renters Home: An Evaluation of the 2006-2007 Gulf Opportunity Zone Rental Housing Restoration Program, PolicyLink, 2007.

Hope Needs Help: Building a Better New Orleans, PolicyLink, 2007.
“Struggling in the Crescent City: Grass-roots Advocacy Groups and Community-based Organizations are Taking the Lead in Restoring Housing in New Orleans,” Shelterforce, Fall 2007.

“Louisiana Housing Plan Questioned,” Morning Edition, April 27, 2006.

Expanding Opportunity: New Resources to Meet California’s Housing Needs, PolicyLink, 2005.

“Expanding Affordable Housing Through Inclusionary Zoning,” Progressive Planning, Planners Network, Winter 2005.

Increasing Housing Opportunity in New York City, PolicyLink, 2004.